Duc Dao

VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), a chipmaking joint venture between Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Dutch group NXP Semiconductors, opened its first factory in Singapore on September 28, a $7.8 billion investment.

South Korea's LG Electronics has joined NVIDIA's partner network as a preferred supplier of power and cooling systems for AI data centers.

Temasek, a Singapore state-owned global investment company, has bought a 9 percent stake in FSI, an Italian growth-equity manager, and pledged to invest in its future funds.

The United States-based Elmet Group, recently buying a 4.99 percent stake in Vietnam's Masan High-Tech Materials (MSR), has also secured an exclusive right to negotiate bismuth purchase from MSR's Nui Phao mine.

Vietnam's Can Tho has approved a 200-hectare high-tech park with estimated investment of $192.4 million to serve the Mekong Delta.

Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup, known for its electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer VinFast, has established Vin Oil&Gas Global, a subsidiary to trade petroleum and gas, with a charter capital of VND10 trillion ($38.5 million).

Singapore-based telecommunications StarHub is in discussions with conglomerate Keppel over a possible transaction involving M1, Singapore's third-largest telecommunications operator.

Software developers across Southeast Asia and India are handing more work to autonomous AI "agents," yet 86 percent still have to review or validate the AI's output most of the time

Stavian Group, a Vietnamese infrastructure developer, with backing from a U.S. government agency, has begun a feasibility study for a large AI and cloud data-center campus planned in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet and SpaceX's Starlink will provide free high-speed Wi-Fi to passengers, starting with 120 aircraft.